I Beat It First

The second anime the IBeatItFirst.com crew decided to tackle for Cutscene is Asobi Asobase -Workshop of Fun-.  The series centers on Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi, second-year students at an all-girl middle school and the only three members of the Pastimers Club, a not-officially-recognized group. The club has very ambiguous goals, usually consisting of whatever so-called “pastimes” the girls happen to think up.  In this weeks episode we meet Olivia’s older brother (the worlds largest weeb), blackmail rears it’s head again, the Student Council VP is introduced, and the Shogi club resurfaces.

Our next anime will be the horror anime Another, available on both Crunchyroll and Hulu.

In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School’s class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the loss, the students and teacher behaved like Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence on the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama’s class 3-3, where he meets Mei Misaki, a quiet student whom their classmates and teacher seemingly ignore. The class is soon caught up in a strange phenomenon, in which students and their relatives begin to die in often gruesome ways. Realizing that these deaths are related to the “Misaki of 1972”, a yearly calamity that has struck most every class 3-3 since 1972, Kōichi and Mei seek to figure out how to stop it before it kills anymore of their classmates or them.

The second anime the IBeatItFirst.com crew decided to tackle for Cutscene is Asobi Asobase -Workshop of Fun-.  The series centers on Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi, second-year students at an all-girl middle school and the only three members of the Pastimers Club, a not-officially-recognized group. The club has very ambiguous goals, usually consisting of whatever so-called “pastimes” the girls happen to think up.  In this weeks episode the girls continue to be the WORST people ever, there might be a crossdresser at the school, the girls go all Persona5 on our asses, and they all play the WORST board game ever made.

The second anime the IBeatItFirst.com crew decided to tackle for Cutscene is Asobi Asobase -Workshop of Fun-.  The series centers on Hanako, Olivia, and Kasumi, second-year students at an all-girl middle school and the only three members of the Pastimers Club, a not-officially-recognized group. The club has very ambiguous goals, usually consisting of whatever so-called “pastimes” the girls happen to think up.  In this weeks episode a teacher finds out he didn’t taste urine, we find out Shogi does NOT consist of lasers firing out of butts, BABYMETAL lyrics can actually be kinda deep, and teenage girls can be WAY weirder than originally thought.

Join the I Beat It First crew for episodes 9-12 of Erased.

Set in both the mid 2000’s and late 1980’s, Erased is an amazing mystery anime with a super-powered twist.  The story follows Satoru Fujinuma, a young man who somehow possesses an ability known as “Revival” which sends him back in time moments before a life-threatening incident, allowing him to prevent it from happening again. When his mother is murdered by an unknown assailant in his own home, Satoru’s ability suddenly sends him back eighteen years prior to when he was still in elementary school, giving him the opportunity to prevent a kidnapping incident that took the lives of three of his childhood friends, two classmates and one young girl studying at a different school nearby.

Satoru seems to have finally save Hinazuki from death and must now prevent the remaining murders.  What new obstacles will he face now that history has been completely rewritten?  Who is the murderer and how can he stop them from killing for good?  Find out in the final four episodes of Erased.

Our next anime will be Asobi Asobase – workshop of fun -, which just finished it’s season over on Crunchroll.

Olivia is a blonde-haired beauty who was born and raised in Japan, but can’t speak any English. Despite always acting serious and as an intellectual, Kasumi is a bespectacled girl with short hair, who also can’t speak English. Finally, there’s the pig-tailed Hanako, who’s cheerful but can’t seem to become a normie. The three middle schoolers end up making a “Players’ Club”?! The ultimately cute, ultimately fun and hilarious teenage girls’ comedy is about to begin!

Join the I Beat It First crew for episodes 5-8 of Erased.

Set in both the mid 2000’s and late 1980’s, Erased is an amazing mystery anime with a super-powered twist.  The story follows Satoru Fujinuma, a young man who somehow possesses an ability known as “Revival” which sends him back in time moments before a life-threatening incident, allowing him to prevent it from happening again. When his mother is murdered by an unknown assailant in his own home, Satoru’s ability suddenly sends him back eighteen years prior to when he was still in elementary school, giving him the opportunity to prevent a kidnapping incident that took the lives of three of his childhood friends, two classmates and one young girl studying at a different school nearby.

Satoru has failed in his first attempt to save Hinazuki, only succeeding in moving the day of death, and gets moved back to the present.  With the police still hot on his tail, and the murderer still making moves in the present, Satoru is in a race against time to find answers and prevent more death.  Can he find the missing pieces that he missed in his first redo of the past and make his way back to save Hinazuki and the other victims?  Find out in episodes 5-8 of Erased.